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601: Your Rooms• Humanities: Right here! Ms. Tu 307• Math: Ms. Nanavati 313• Science: Ms. McClung. 325• Chinese: Ms. Lee. 413• Music: Next door! Ms. Sherman. 311• Dance: Ms. Julie. 211• Art: Ms. Soong 411• Gym: you know where.• Computer: Ms. Crawford. 403

Welcome to6th Grade Humanities歡迎來到六年級人文科學課

Ms. Li-hsin Tu杜立欣老師

New Items to GetAdd the following items to your humanities supplies list:

• One pair of scissors 剪刀一把• One 3M scotch tape 膠帶一捲• One glue stick 浆糊一條• One small box of markers 粗彩色比一盒

(at least 8 colors 至少八色 )

Get it by Monday, September 14th ! 下週一帶齊

Welcome to Middle School

• Who’s excited?• Let’s try one more

time. • If you’re excited,

don’t speak, CLAP!• Now, who’s excited?

STOP!• In Ms. Tu’s humanities (aka, “Tumanities”), you

clap differently!• We clap ASL (American Sign Language)• Here’s how we clap: watch Ms. Tu• Polite clapping (very quiet) 小聲鼓掌• Modest clapping (normal) 一般音量• Excited clapping (supposedly super loud!) 大 !

• Notice that the room should be SILENT the whole time

Let’s Practice!

Great Job!!

Give yourself a round of applause!!

Take Our Your Notebook

• Leave two pages in the beginning: Table of Contents

• This is your “Humanities/Writing” notebook (nickname: WNB)新的寫作本 : 保留前兩頁當作目錄

• It will become one of your new best friends this year to help you grow as a writer

• Now, turn to a brand new page

Title: “In Middle School I will..”

• Put today’s date on top right corner在右上角寫上日期

• On top left: write #1 … this is your entry number!

• Turn back to the first page, on top write“Table of Contents”

• Now, put in Entry#, title and date

Title: “In Middle School I will..”

• You have 7 minutes to list as many things to complete the sentence as possible你有五分鐘的時間 , 列出各樣的方式來完成以上的句子

• Stop when you hear the Ding!• Draw a line, write: “In 6th Grade I will….”

5 minutes• Draw a line, write: “Today, I will…” 3 min.

In 6-307, Second only to Ms. Tu..

Tumanities’ High Authority Bell!

• When it rings, you STOP whatever you’re doing and LISTEN , giving your highest possible respect!

• Let’s practice…..

DO NOT MOVE OR TALK

• Until you hear the high authority bell 聽到玲聲前保持安靜 , 不要動

• NOW, let’s all close our eyes…

• Think SUMMER VACATION… bring yourself back to this ONE moment in the whole entire summer of 2009 that you felt the happiest…

Pair Share: Turn and Talk

Your best memory of summer 2009…

Ding …!

More on the Bell’s Authority..

• Ms. Tu takes the bell very seriously! So,• NO ONE ignores the bell.• Ms. Tu will ring the bell one more time (x2) if

the class fails to STOP and LISTEN or return to pin drop mode.

• If Ms. Tu has to ring the bell 3 times in a roll to try to get the class’ attention..

• YOU ARE IN TROUBLE!

“In Trouble” means..• Bye bye cool privileges

(ie. No manga on Fri.)• Canceled class video showings • Canceled parties, class trips and other FUN stuff• Added homework assignments• Added classroom cleaning, etc.• Drop in grades! • SWS caller ID showing on your parents’ phones• A scary humanities teacher in GROUCHY mood

Beware the Power of

Bathroom Rules• Bathroom pass• Time you can go: Independent working

time, unless it’s an emergency, in which case, you let me know.

• No need to ask: When the pass is available, you come to the front, LOG OUT and go

• When you come back: Put the pass back, LOG YOURSELF BACK IN

If Bathroom Privilege is Abused,

• You lose it!• You will have to PAY (with extra points or

other privileges, etc) to buy your bathroom pass.

• You will not be able to go freely.• Your parents will be notified.

Our Classroom Library

Ms. Tu’ Library

• Has lots of books• And Ms. Tu loves

buying books, so the number keeps growing!• Will open next

week

Until then…• You bring your own books this week• Everyone needs to have TWO books (or THREE

if you’re a fast reader) with them in Tumanities all the time

• One you’re reading at the moment; the other is stand-by

• Do not come near the library this week 杜老師的圖書館下週開始啟用 ; 在此之前不可到那兒逗留

HW: Get Your NYPL Library Card